Outboard motor



Oct. 29, 1935. L, JOHNSON 2,019,136

OUTBOARD MOTOR Filed Dec. 14, 1952 Patented O ct. 29, i935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,019,136 oUTBoARn Moron Harry L. Johnson and Romuald Karasinski,

Waukegan, Ill., assgnors to Johnson Brothers Engineering Corporation, South Bend, Ind., a l corporation of Indiana Application December 14, 1932, Serial No. 647,080 4 Claims. (Cl. 115-1'7l This invention relates in general to an out- The entire motor is mounted in a bracket I3 board motor and has more particular reference which is adapted to be attached to the stern of ato a combined steering and carrying handle boat, the motor being mounted to tilt upwardly therefor. upon a pivot I4 and rotatable for steering in a 5 One of the principal objects of the invention is sleeve portion I5 to which the bracket I3 is piv- 5 in the provision of an adjustable handle which oted.

may be connected for turning the motor in steer- In order to steer a boat to which the motor is ing and adjusted into a different position for applied, the motor is turned in the sleeve porcarrying the motor by hand. tion I5 or about a longitudinal axis and for this A further object of the invention is in the 'purpose the rail II] or its arms I2 may be 10 provision of means for engaging a handle for grasped and the motor rotated. For convenbalancing a motor both longitudinally and transienoe a handle I6 is provided having an arm Il versely for carrying it more easily. connecting it with an angular member I8 which Other objects of the invention will appear has a portion underlying the rail I with an anhereinafter, the preferred construction being ilgular extension I9 t0 underlie the angular arm 15 lustrated in the accompanying drawing. I2 and partially embrace it, the member being In the drawing, Fig. l is a side elevation oi an held in DiVOtal relation Upon the bal lil by a Cap outboard motor to which this invention is ap- 2t which is pivoted to the under member I8 at one plied, in carrying position; side by means of a pivot 2| and releasably at- Fig. 2 is a top view of the motor showing the taohed at the other side by means of a thumb 20 positions of the steering and carrying handle; screw 22. and In steering a boat this construction permits Fig. 3 is an elevation of the steering handle the mOtOI t0 tilt rearwardly upward. if an 0band the steering rail in their motor carrying restruction is encountered in the water, without lation. violently jerking the handle which is normally in 25 The ordinary outboard motor is suinciently the broken line position shown in Fig. 2. It will heavy to be somewhat of a problem i'or one peralso be seen that the handle I6 is dispo-sed at son to carry as the motor is located at the upper an angle by the member i3 S0 that @Ven lf end of a drive shalt and the propeller is located the mOtOI1 iS thlOWn uDWldlY, the DGTSOH 0I the at the opposite end of the shaft and no suitable hand guiding the handle Will not be StlllCkil() means is provided for grasping the motor and At the other side oi the bar I0 remote from transporting it from one place to the other. The the angular steering Corner iS a DI'OjBCtOn 24 present invention provides a handle which also and in the edge oi the cap member 20 is a functions as a tiller in turning the motor for notch 25 to engage the DlOl'eCtOIl 24, the PIOJ'GC'- steering, the handle being adjustable to either tion being located S0 that the handle l5 and 35 one of two positions, in one of which it is set the attaching members ls and 20 mllSt be 10- against rotation and at an angle to the other tated about at right angles to the steering D0- position so that it is parallel with the length sition to engage therewith. This places the hanof the motor and located substantially at the dle IIi'substantially parallel with the longitudinal longitudinal and transverse centers thereof so extent 0f the mOtOI and at the Center bth lrlg- 4o that the entire motor is thus balanced and easily tudinally and transversely oi the motor mass, carried. so that when grasped in this position by 9, single Referring now more particularly to the drawhand, the motor is substantially balanced in both ing, a, conventional iorm of outboard motor is directions and can be easily grasped and carried. shown having an engine 4, muiiler 5, gas tank 6 Thus the same handle which is used for steer- 45 and other accessories at one end, a longitudina1- ing is adjusted in position and utilized for bally extending casing 1, a lower casing 8, and a ancing and carrying the mOtOI- T0 dlsengage propeller wheel 9 at the other end. the handle I6 from steering position it is neces- Extending laterally from the engine end of sary to raise it about its pivot until the extension the motor is a rail I0 which protects a carburetor I9 is clear of the arm I2. The cap member 2li 50 I I and some of the other parts and is commonly may be loosened and tightened to move the hanused for supporting and upholding the motor dle more easily and to hold it in either adjusted and also for steering. This rail is preferably anposition. gular in structure with arms I2 extending from It will be apparent that the COIlStIllCtlOn 0f the the outer rail I0 to the motor. motor does not affect this invention. It may 55.

means for adjusting the tiller angularly and along the rail in engagement with the projection to change its normal angle thereto and for carrying the motor.

2. The combination with an angular steering rail of an outboard motor, of a tiller pivoted upon one arm and engageable in normal position with the other, and a projection on the pivoting arm engaged by the tiller in a different angular position for holding them xedly together for carrying a motor.

3. An outboard motor having a, steering rail With an angular portion and a projection at a. distance therefrom, and a tiller rotatable on the rail at the angular portion for steering and movable along the rail and into xed engagement with the projection for carrying the motor.

4. The combination with an outboard motor having an angular rail, o1' a tiller pivoted thereon adjacent the corner thereof for steering, and interengaging means on the rail and on the tiller, said means on said rail being at a position distant from the rail corner, to dispose the tiller at a different angle for balancing and carrying the motor with one hand.

HARRY L. JOHNSON. ROMUALD KARASINSKI. 

